Abominable Snowman

The Abominable Snowman

I have this memory from childhood.

I was at a friend's house. This was in Idaho Falls, ID and my family moved there when I was in first grade so I was likely six years old, at least. (More on that later.)

Someone was watching Voyage to the Bottom the of Sea. That was an early science fiction show that ran from 1964 through 1968. So I was probably less than nine years old. (Still more to come about that.)

In the episode of the show, they were dealing with an an evil abominable snowman. Here's the episode! It was a season four episode and it was shown on February 4th of 1968 (according to IMDb) so I was seven years old. (The power of the internet!)

The family was discussing the episode and someone said it was about an abominable snowman (pictured above) causing problems on the submarine. And I said, "Why don't they just wait until it melts?" Which I thought was pretty funny.

No one laughed. Instead, I got a lecture on how an abominable snowman is not made of snow. Which I knew.

Even then, no one got my humor. 

Have you every made a joke no one gets? Let me know in the comment below.

P.S.: According to IMDb, Irwin Allen was the creator and producer of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. In the 1970s, he was known for producing disaster movies such as The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno. He also produced The Swarm, a movie about killer bees that bombed at the box office.

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